4, . . ..;„. . 4 . 1 , ~. : 1 7 . , ..::.,,, ... t. ..,.. k . . : . ~ • I - .., ~.e • . .. ' 1 41: ~., ):' --• .;:` . . . ‘ 3 , , , .• . . ilb .„..:,,. ~,,. it.„_.lir an , .), Cr,. .• • [D. A. BUEIILEit, , EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR VOL. XV-1,11,--6. W I :4C Aw! " sKa 4:1 I [ Prom the Cincinnati News. PRACTICAL JOKES AND BAD LIQUOR. It is a well koown fact that oftentimes both those jokes which are called "practi ; cal," and that liqttor which is termed “bad," have been productive of exceedingly evil : consequences; but whether the liquor or the joke has done die most mischief, we arc not called upon just now to determine. We propose to make mention of an affair where had liquors and a . " -al joke were productive of the very hes conse quences imaginable. Many years ago while die iltate of Geor gia was yet in its infancy, an eccentric creature named Brown, was one of its Cir cuit Judges. Ile was a man of conside rable ability, of inflexible integrity, and touch beloved and respected by all the le gal profession ; but he had one common fault. Ii is social qualities would lead him, despite his judgment, into frequent exces ses. In travelling the circuit, it was his almost invariable habit, the night beltire opening the court, to get "comfortably corned," by means of appliances connnon upon such occasions. If he couldn't Sue- N 0 'l' 9 C .1!!.% cued wit& operating upon his own hook, the members of the bar would getter:llk -I- Evn.: H 1.7; Testamentary on the Es turn in and help him. ILA tate of N ANoy Rm.:A, late of Hamilton . ; It was in the spriier of the year. Ta ban township, deveased, havinglieengrant -1 king his wife—a model of a woman in her ed to the subscriber, residing in Franklin • Front tla.! Phu Iwo ille Pioneer. ' township,. Adams county, he hereby gives F ; wa y —in the old-fashioned, but strong "car noticelllND Tilt: CURTAIN. ' ry all," he journey("l some forty miles, and to all who s are indebted to said Es- If b is. y magic, the chambers of die heart' we : reached a village where court was to be late to call and pay the same without de- could ' be laid open to our gaze, and opened the next (my. It was along in die lay, and those having claims arc desired to could look through die outward seeming- , evening of Suoday that he arrived at the oresent the same, properly authenticated, ... of those we meet, down to the conceals ; plave and took up - quarters with a relation fur settlement. springs by which they are moved—the si- or his „ betterabalf, " by whom the 1 presence JA (' 013 C.' t/ V El?, /,',e'r. lent. ; groping thoughts, unacknowledged Of the o ffi c i a l demitati.y was cons id„ re d a _ April 7.---pt. , . . to all hut themselves, which, more than . .I.r . - . Judge -,8. ; :,1111".1.,1r. After supper, icmn _ - - • GI; re? tr.n Sci..e!.. - their actions, declare the sours brightness strolleil over to the only tavern in the town, or glemn—we should shrink lack ill utter where he. found many friends, called to the i fresh supply of crest-rate 0 AIZ DE N amazement at the startling revefanon.,-- . pi:ice:like bino..icii; I %., tsi.:Euts; Jost roem,..ii from uisi,,,•:, &Jo important proles- We should find that many :i calm, smooth : s i oiti d b us i ness, an d w h o were properly & the Qvtlieri' Garden,:. N. York, and fo: hr , ow was but a mocker3"of the stern pas- ~., i to nicer beau. 11. at the Drug •;:0..-(• of .riao m. :-'.. i) IfE II LEI? : `;ens which have it and w rhik led " Gentleinen,•' said the Judge , "'tis the heart—drat the lout! protestations o f q ,d it , a ton!;tithesni„, w , h„,.[. „„j oye d it Gettysburg, March 5, 1817. _ . , - . -- --7. pure and lofty feeling often mask a sirit, lass toooilier—lo us take a drink all a- ;Flower Sec...7s. - q. cold. than the s!ab , l'ißinti. 01 eatirs (addressing T Sterritt, addressing y t Isl,Ey•s vett:lir:heti F I, 0 IV E R Un=unned beneath Pentelicus." _ 'l. the landlord,) you . have better liquot• Mau .CIX, S E E D S, :t large vatitiy and Lies ..... We should find many a stern, unyield-' v „„ h „1 t h i . I„ , t t i me „.„ „.cre here !- t h e quality, received and for sale by ; ing time to be the passionless inde x of a; „,,o, you had then teas not tit to give a ti. H. BUEHLER. ' soul over-flowing With Warin and generom3 i " c og. Gettysburg-, March 5, 1847. affections, many an humble, unaspiring; Sterrot, who had charge of:the house, 14 0T E ;Z.; E. - • creature, whose thoughts walked co-equal! with the proudest spirits of the world, and ; pretended that every thin g was right, and ~ so they went to work. It is unnecessary Pall I: partnership in the Practice of the haply many a branded outcast, whose , soul , to . 1, ~.. cn ai ; ,t. upon a drinking bout in a coon was whiter in the eyes of a just God, than ; try tavern—it will quite answer our per - ! Law, bet Ween the undersigned, has laden with dignity and 110110 r—the pose to state, that somewhere in the re- ; been this day dissolved by the terms of the °tilers . . ' idols sit a tickle mulunde. ! gion of midnight the Judge wended his original agreement, aunt by mutual consent. „-. • 11 h o knows Out the hearts of thousands . very devious Wily towards his temporary All business origin:one , 4ind it to ' born to a herit•ere of want and toil, throb i ,bu nt thein„--sinve their coOneetion. will receive '', ' ' e• the dim! he was leaving, • with a deeper happiness than the pamper- I ; aow e re r , som e VOnnaer inlrriStcrs, fold of their joint attention until rompleted. AI OS ES l'(! LE A N ed children of Luxury, whose lives seem ; a i'practical" and ill 1101. touch :heal/ of , DAVID MTONAUGIIV, but as a bright dream. passed among all' the bench, triniterred all the silver spoons 1 things beautiful -'Who knows but die 1 of Sterrit to the judge's coat pocket. • t humble peasant, far away from the troub- It was eight o'clock on Monday vont led life of courts and cities, may not posing when the ludg2 rose. Dayin(4ndul -- SCS a power mighter to mould the world's ' (red in the process of ablution and altster-' CA`lll.,' Subscriber intending herafter to de,ii...; ti 1 than the conquerors, who tread on ; ;i on, an d p„rtiiken of a cheerful auto rea la- deVole 111,1 attention eXelnsively to - • - ' . the heads o fsubject nations? _ If the truth ! freshin , bre:ikfist, he went to hi , room. to ; the practice of his prolesion, respectfully , t e nder s his services to his old f is :um „ mw , cond , b e 'on, would not some of our pre . p „ re i t ta f se n• or t h e d itt i es o f t h e d a y. r • brightest stars be blotted out front the sky "Well, Polly," said lie to his wife, "I clients, and the public generally. Office of , rame, and a frost of vonstellations hide- feel much better than I expected to fe.-d af- in South Baltimore street nearly opposite i trio unseen, burn suddenly through the ' ter that frolic of last n i g h t." S o 's Hotel. oblivion of' the Past. ! MOSES Ar(I,P.A.N. „ • "Ali, Judge," said she, reproachfully, ! I lus thought of the,hidden life within, ; "You are getting too April'', 1847.—1 t oil, , ; which has in it something sublime and tacit h its i tte „ . " . D. DV C 0 N AIIT G H If, fearful, should be a haunting admonition ,4Ah, fully—what's the use of talking _ ?" N ATTOREY - , 11 1...11F. to preserve the soul's purity. .A. single lt was at this precise instant ol•tite, . 1 FFICE in the S. W' Public Sofia re, one door West of G. .c. minter of t h e ri me, though cencealed forever from t. l le ' that the Jude,' having put On his over- - orld, may leave a blasted void lit the coat, Was proceeding, according to his usual Arnold's Store, w e0r„,,,1e occupied as a mind naturally gre a t and noble. Self ish-, custom, to give his wife a parting kiss, La w 0111.. e by .font M'CoxAceitY, E sq. , ' ness, which, if uncheeked, is the very in- ! he happened, in thrusting his hand into d'd. He solicits, and by prompt and carnation of evil, may keep the heart !tit-: his pocket, to lay hold of ;.!;territt's spoons• li ce hful attention to business 'in his probes-' ter, though the tongue h e ttt „ s i c „i with '' lie jerked them out. With an expression sion, it will be patc h g his e ndeavor to merit, con- , honied sentences. It is the noble solace of horror almost littlest:rib:Able, he ex lidence and p of the. good and true, when assailed by; cl a i me d_ o. Rt...:;'^D. M'CoNAtour will also attend slander. or suffering under the world's ma- .02‘I, G o d ! P o l ly . r, , 11 , )'iv to 111 Inv.tle , :s ellt'llqlq to IMO :IS lignity, that they are justilic4 folheowlves t , What on earth's the matter, Judge ?" Just look at these spoons' txen't :Inf.: SuOlc3.i'or fil:P.r ; —that no persecution call darken the ...j, - chambers of their own souls. The rapt ..Dear tile, w h ere ( r ye get t h em ?" • , ) .-1 - . A 1 PATENTS Ai\ 0 I hA;‘,. , 10, , t S. . Sotary of :scienve may be reviled as a here- "Get them f DOn't'you see the initials . He has madenrrangCMClltS, 011'01111:h Whit'il t ic, 111111 the far-seeing prophet or poet on them f"—extending them towards her he ran' furnish very desirable facilities t o scoffed at as a madman, but there is a proud "I stole them." applicants, and ent i irely relieve, them from confidence in die depth of their spiritual "Stole them, Judge !" the necessity of a journey to Washington, natures, which, sustaining them through j "Yes, stole them." on application to him, personally or by letter. every trial, forte's the tardy reparation of ; “My dear husband, it can't be possible ! Gettysburg, April 2, 1847. It' the future. ! From whom ?" I fi ....3.101.' AL. - ; Be content, then, with yourselves. It', "Front Sterritt, over there—his name is tt i behind the ; veil which hides these inner on t h em. " E 11. RED has removed his Law Of- in‘ sterieS, all is fair and pure, as you " Good Heaven ! how could it hap o • flee to.the room one door Last of Mr. ''‘.c) . tild have men believe besatisfied • I ~ WIII nett ?" Wattle's Hotel, and immediately opposite ; y our lot , h owever har d ; covet ' ot, nor another, "I know very well, Polly. I was very Dr. Hornet's.. April 0, 1817—ly• whose prosperity may be allied with great- drunk when I came home, wasn't I !" i _____ ;er evil. It is a noble proverb which we ~- y „, - Judge, drunk as a fool, and forty . ' met with the other day—" There is no su- times as stupid." ; rer sight of a great mind, titan to be above oi t h mi -h t . " a j 1 i • g so, sa id t h e tic ge, c ropping i*. - CZ) rPti l t 7 M 71 :1 1371-.1 lanD e envy." . into a chair in extreme despondency—l ( (.?/' Car/iB/e,) FANCY ARTICLES.-1 few days since, in knew it would come to that at last. I 7 1 13 RESENTS his respects to his friends a suit before an alderman of the county of have always thought that something bad i . and informs them that he has-made Philadelphia, to. recover the price of a razor, would happen to Me—that I should arrangements to emtinue to oractice as usual ' the value being disputed, an itaterant Yen- do some thing very wrong—kill some i a the Courts of Adams county, under the. der of razors was called to the witness uosaad in a moment •of passion, per easy regulation of the times for holding stan d to prove the value. Ile was asked haps•:•,bul. I never imagined that I could 'if he dealt in razors; be ansWered yes.— be mean ,nongh to be guilty of deliberate tf Then how nitwit would be a fair price f6r lareenY." _ A. 1., EX, Ilt. S'll' 14; V FIN:SUN, ' such a razor ? "Ah, sore," said the witness ".Ilia there may be some mistake, A TTO RNEY .47' LAltr, 'I 1 shrugging up his shoulders, "dat is you • Judge ?'' • ; `LEEK in the Centre Square, No r th , vaar hard question. Ze razor is fancy ar- No mistake, Po . know 3 "llv I ver • well r ' s of the Cii,urt-house, between Smith's ! tike'. Ven von shentleman take notion to how it all came about. '!'bait Ster- aad Stevenson's corners. vant such razor, den I no want vaar touch 1 ritt keeps the meanest sort of' liquor, and Gettysburg, Pa. ' !to sell him ; I charge for him von,. two,l always didliquor mean enough to make H(31.0.11S liven FL1.1.1.1.'" tree dollar. I suppose ze,shentleman take a man do any sort of a mean thing. I have '2. i 9 , 1 notion to have him, and he will have him : always said that it was mean enough to ATTORNEY A7' LA W. ". I can no say you shall not haVe him. OtL make a man steal, and nowve a prae . E .', 11 . FTIC in the South-cast Corner of or time, yen I want to sell ze razor, and no tieal illustration of the fact!" and the i ' 31 the Diamond, between A. B. Kurtz's :shentleman want to buy,liim, den I s ell hi m poor old man burst into . tears. ;: AO and R. W. M l Sherry's Store. . ! for twenty-five cent, tree levy, filly.cent, "Don't be a ehild,".,said hi wife, wi- Uettysburg, Dec.'l2, 1 8- 1 5.—tf . •vat I.eah get for him. Ze razor , is fancy ping away the tears ;. "go like a man o . artikel. Von-sin:title:nail lake notion for ver to Sterritt•—tell him it wf's4a hit of a ~,,,,,;am-pr- 4 / T A - Fa . ,:...1 - . _T,ltt_i_tr I , 1 • '. I hitsis . -- . • . . 3E3 inn, he no price; he vocal vat you frohe—pass It ofl as ajoke—go and open i OF VARIOUS KINDS 1 !dink he is vorth ; he is virtu vat Yeti can court. ;:u'! nobody will CATE think Of It 11-!fi. - !fi . .111 LE .17.' Tills OFFICE. ' n'fq for Itim."—Li•A'f r. gain." / 3 J . . . . ArPH6lic BY MU,. J. A. 11::VE.IIIlir;r. - -. I The clouds, the clouds! how fraud they are, 1 r i I HE sulis(7iher will . , When sudden temoosts come; expos(, to Public Like mountains pilcd on mountains high, Sale, at Ills re,•iflonce at Petinsylva- : Thcv fro „.„ i„ ilei ,„i„ g gloom. nia COlieLfii, (i(AlyShllrg, l ' a., on Tuesday The lightning cleaves their battlements, the 27/h fifty ry . ../prilfic.vt. a large variety The thunder ndls alir, of Valuable Personal Property, including And rushing winds are trumpeting The clean:Mal %var. 3 COWS 9 6 HOGS, one Jersey Wagon and Harness, one large : 'l'he clouds. the cloud:; P how brig h t they are, ~ ~ st summer e‘enite , 's close, ' Hatliawly Cooidttg Stovu, . When tinged by the departing son with pipe and neec;;sary cooking utensils, With purple, gobik an rose. Bor 10 ten 2 -plate Stoves, or w Parlor .' gaze upon their glorious i boos, lilt heaven seen), if.niceil there Stoves with pipe, I 0 or 12 Beds and Bed- And limey hems the angel's song steads, Tables, (.hairs, Wash-stands, one ' Conte floating on the air. .. Mantle Clock, Kitchen and Corner Cup- • l' he he heart, the heart ! -- the human heart, boards, Writing Desks, one large Book ! How l i ke to !hose i t st „,„ Case, l'eat Vessels, Barrels, together with ' Tlw storoi-elou.ail Ilse lightning's flash a large variety of Are Passion's wild extremes— And he who follows where they lead hionsehold & KiirllVll Furniture. . The dark and downward pail', ' . Will meet with fiercer conflicts tf - _ - _rSale to continence at 10 o'clock, A. Dl. Wil e n attendance and a reasonable credit Than the tempests in its [craft,. will be given by P. AVCIIIINHAITWI April 16, 1816.—is 11)611 LA IV NOTICE. .1-111' NOTICE Jan. 30, 1946 :iTANZAS But as the rosy evening cloud, That heralds in the night, Glows with the richest lustre In the sun's receding light. So shall the gloi ions star of fait'i, When life's short day is past. BCIII7I on the Christian's parting soul, Iler Inightest hour,— the last. GETTYSBURG, •fil. FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23 1 1847. "FEARLESS AND FREE." A little of the soothing system operated upon the Judge as such things usually do : his extrem e mortification was finally sub dued, and over to Sterrit's he went with a tolerable face. or course he had but little difficulty in settlitn, with him L—for aside from the fact that the Judge's integrity was unquestionable, he had an inkling of the joke that had been played. The Judge took his seat in the court; but it was observed that he was sad and melancholy, and that his mind frequently wandered from the subject before him. There was' a lack of the sense and intelligence that u-! sually characterized his proceedings. Several days passed away, and the bus iness of the court was drawing to a close, when one morning a rough-looking sort of a ..ustoiner was arraigned on a charge of stealing. After the clerk had read the indictment he put the usual question : ' , Guilty_ nor not guilty ?" "Guilty, but drunk I'' answered the prisoner. What's that plea ?" exclaimed the Judge, %rho was half dozing on the bench. H (pleads guilty but says lie was drunk,' re plied the clerk. “11 7 hat's the charge against the man 1” "Ile is indicted for grand larceny." "What's the rase'?" "May it please your honor," said the prosecuting attorney, "the man is regular ly indicted for stealing a large soot from the Columbus hotel." "Ile i, hey ! and he pleads" "Ile pleads guilty, but drunk." The Judge was now fully aroused "Guilty, but drunk ! that is a most ex traordinary plea. Young man, yon-are certain you were drunk ?" • "y es sir." "Where did you get Vour liquor ?" “At Sierritt's."' "D'ye g et none no where else r' "Not a drop, sir." - "You got drunk on his liquor, and after wards stole his money- !" "Yes, sir." "Mr. Proseeutor,': said the'Jtidge, "do me the favor to enter a nolle prosequi iii that man's ease. That liquor of Sterritt's is 'moan cnough to make a man do anv thing dirty. I got drunk on it the other day niusell; and stole all , Sterritt's spoohs!" Iteka•iu the prisoner; Mr. Sheriff. 1 ad journ ilieeourt." Two ELEenAx-ra DitowNho,—The two which have been exhibited du ' rillg the winter in the extensive Zoological Institute of Messrs. Raymond and War *. were 'drowned yesterday morning at about 3 4 .0:c10ck, in the river Delaware op posite the powdtr wharf about two and a half miles below the city. , An attempt was made by the respective keepers to get them on board a Ferry boat, but the huge animals upon placing one foot on, .the boat, awl finding it to sink, 'recoiled, and all efforts to drive or coax them were made' in vain. It was finally- resolved upon to make them swim across the river, and ac- i eordingly they were driven to a conveni- 1 Pitt place near the Navy Yard, and after considerable delay they got into the water. It appears they were fastened together by a small chain or rope, and in ,betting out into the stream were swept doilt wi th the title, and though an Elephant is remarka hie an expert swimmer, yet one of these becoming exhausted, sank beneath the surface of the water, and pulled his companion down with him. They were valued at $30,000. It is supposed that the water was 'too cold and the unfortunate animals became chilled. Their bodies were towed to the shore, below the Point, and we presume, will be stripped of their hides. LONDON TIIIEVES.—The "swell 11101) " of London do perpetrate robberies with singular ingenuity and address, and appear never to be at fault. A lady alighted at a bank, ascended the steps, entered the ves tibule, and presented a check to the paying teller, received a very large amount of bank notes, which she deposited in her purse and returned to the, carriage. Just as'she had taken her seat,a gentleman'eame down the steps of the bank, without his hat, wearing spectacles, and having a pen be hind his car, and said :—"Madame, we have forgotten to take the nuMbers of those notes ; will you allow me to take them otr?" She handed him the notes, and he ascended the steps of the bank and entered the building. The lady, having waited some time, finally returned to the bank, and soon ascertained that no person had been authorized to ask for the notes. Mom: OF BURYING LAWYERS.-A . gen denim in the country, who had just buried a rich relation, who was an attorney, was complaining to Foote, who was on a visit to him, of the very great expense of a country funeral. Why," says Foote, "do you bury your attorneys her 3 ?" “Yes, to be sure we do, how else ?" • "Oh ! we never do that in London." "No?" said the other, much surprise, "how do you manage?" "Why, when the patient happens to die, we lay him out in a room over night by himself, lock the door, open the sash and in the morning he is.entirely off!" "Indeed I" said the other, in amazement "what becomes of him ?" “Why, that we cannot exactly tell, not acquainted' with supernatural causes. All that we know of the matter - is, That there's a strong,tmell of brinWonf in thii room, next awning!” fl From the Lutheran'Observer A SAD REFLEXIbN CAN IT BE TRUE ?—Two armies, com prising twenty thousand on one side, and five thousand four hundred on the other,— in all 25,400 •i fighting me n, lately met in a narrow broken valley in Mexico. They were for the most part perfect strangers, and had never before seen or done each o ther ally harm. They had, personally, e: 'very reason that strangers could have to be friends and treat one another kindly, ' and no cause,—not the slightest to inflict', injury one on the other. But they met for the express purpose of mutual slaugh ter. A few so-called statesmen-Imila clans who had their own selfish ends in view, and their own unholy purposes to serve, urged on by popularity and office seeking men and time-serving newspaper editors, had brought about this ominous 1 array olantagonist forces, this dread meet ing for deadly- strife. The work coin ' menced.—Oh, what a work it was;— shooting with rifles, muskets, cannon, &c., hewing, slashing, bayoneting. shouting., shrieking, cursing, riding over dead and dying, where the mangled bodies lay piled one upon ,another, stratum sub stratum. They fotight, and killed, and butchered, until the men had lashed them selves in demoniac; fury , ; on they dashed, angry, vengeful, reckless as fiends. The air was rent with the screams ofthc woun ded and the groans of the dying ; and the whole surrounding atmosphere tainted with the imprecations and blasphemies belched forth from the throats of the infu riated adversaries. The blood poured forth from thousandS of wounded and muttered victims, until it flowed in torrents, like water in.a gush Of rain, rushing down the declivities of the adjacent hills into the ravines below. .Alas what a scene was exhibited ! malign spirits of _perdition might well stand aghast, and look with a mazement ; for such a spectacle was nev er enacted in their dark domains. No sooner were some thousands of poor affrighted'spirits dislodged from their frail tenements, and sent howling into'an aw ful eternity, than couriers were dispatched to carry the news. The telegi•aph also was put into requisition, pnd the swift winged lightning flashed the tidings over the earth. Something of an apalling na ture was just then looked for with intense interest ; hearts pulsated with strong emo tions ; and—what was the result ?—why pivans of joy and shouts of triumph pierc ed the heavens. Glory, glory, glory, re echoed over our mountains and through our wallies ?—Why ? because thousands of our fellow mortals lay weltering in their blood on the battle-field, while their poor, guilt-laden souls had been precipitated un prepared into the awful presence of a sin avenaina. God! Eighteen.icenturies have now elapsed Ice the advent of the Prince of Peace, whose message breathes peace and good will among men. We profess to be wor shippers of that Prince of Peace, and ad mirers of that glorious message. The Mexicans profess the same. Both nations proclaim themselves as Republics—free, enlightened, liberal ; ; asking naught but justice, and prompt to yield to every well !entitled claim of equity. And yet, these are the governments that are thus embroil ed in angry, deadly Conflict ! 0 what a• scene for infernal spirits to gaze at ! what inconsistency of conduct—what a mocke ry of profession we present to their scorn ful derisions ! With what ineffable con tempt the tyrants 9f Europe and Asia will point to the greedy, grasping dispositions of vaunted Republics—and to the gross contradictions of professed Christian ha lions !—Republics have never been satisfi- ed with their own territory, but in all ages have been unduly ambitious, and aimed at conquest and enlargement. This has been the prelude of their downfall and ruin. We are treading closely on the heels of our as piring predecessors—and if we escape their fate, our deliverance must be prece ded by repentance and reformation. Is it not a shame that we, by professi9.n the most enlightened and liberal Republi cans on earth, and the most ardent admi- rers of the Prince of Peace, eighteen hun dred years after the promulgation of his message of good will, should advocate the decisional differences by a savage appeal to the sword? It victory necessarily perch ed upon the banners of those who have right 'on their side, there Might be found in this consideration some apology. But generally it is not on the side of right, but on that of might. The ablest men and the best enginery of death usually prevail. It is might that prevails ; and how vers.. sel dom physical might is identified with mo ral right, the history of the world abundant- ly proves. If right always triumphed, there would be no such feVerish anxiety to learn the result of the latest battle. "Five thousand of our fellow-being:4," says a cotempor:;ry, "have been swept in to eternity.' There is now no distinction between the Mexican and the American Their disembodied spirits have met. Do they still glow with hate ? If. not, when did their feelings change? Are tl now happy that they liberated each, other from the budY, to decide a boundary question, all for their.country's pock? We-say do thing about the right or wron g of the con test according to human precedent or na tional laws . ; but we do say.it becomes ev- ery ehristion to tic'ep—not rejoice—not to praise, but to pray that our national sins may be forgiven, and that. hea l tlibnish prin- riples . and )Tathenish praoli,ics'' may smolt TERMS---TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM.) IWHOLE 10.89. be driven from all the professed abodes o the gospel of peace. "As religious men, as ministers, as edi tors, uttering the sense of religion and of Clod's church in this nation, are we not bound to say it, without, in so doing at all speaking evil of dignitaries, that the blame of this guilty war, and the tremendous re sponsibility which the Attantean shoulders. of Satan himself are not broad enough to bear, rests upon that or those rulers and statesmen, by the express order and con sent of whom we have become involved in this war? "How many long years of peace it must take to appease the deep rankling animos -1 ity that will be festering on against us in Idle hearts of the Mexicans, sure to be ever and anon out breaking in some fever-sore. Whq can measure the tears, or count the groans, or fathom the anguish, of which this fatal strife will be the source, in this 1 country and in that into which we are car-• rying such desolations? Who can estimate the injury to the morals, the proiperity, • the reputation and growth of this country, which this event will inflict. that now elic its the shouts of the mob, and glistens: the eye with strange excitement? War is a terrible-game liar a nation to be playing at; and let us not imagine, in the thrill which the recital of noble and daring deeds of • valor 'a waken, that Providence is asleep, Or that its retributions ever fail to assert the vigilance as well as justice of that govern- - went to which nations no less than• indi viduals are amenable. We profoundly feel that priiyer is more becoming now than paeans; and confession and repentance of cur sin_wore called for, than exultation at the prowess of our soldiers, and the trt:• umph of our arms." • RELIGION OF THE Doo.—Thefollowing original anecdote of Burns is in a work en titled "The Phihisophy 'of tho Seasons," by Rev. Henry Duncan. "I well remem ber witlt'what delight I listened to a con versation which, while yet a schoolboy, I enjoyed an,' opportunity of hearing at my father's house, between the poet Burns and. another poet, my near relation the amiable Blaaleck. The subject was the fidelity of_the dog. Burns took up the question jall the ardor and kindly feeling with which 1 the conversation of that extraordinary man was so remarkably imbued. It was a sub , ject well handled by such a man, not less suited suited to interest the youthful faney, The anecdotes by which it was illustrated have long escaped my memory ; but there was one sentiment expressed by Burns with his characteristic enthuSiasm, which asit•threw a new light into my mind, I shall never forget--.Man,' said he, 'is the god of the do g . He knows no other, he can understand no other, ; and see how he worships him. With what reverence he crouches at his feet; with what love he fawns upon him and with what cheerful ness he obeys him. His whole soul is wrapped up in his god ; and the powers and faculties of his nature are devoted to his service, and these powers and fac ulties are exalted by the intercourse. It ought just to be so with the christian ; but thellogs put the'ehristians to shame." Two ELEPHANTS DROWNED.—The two elephants, which have been exhibited du ! ring the past winter in the extensive Zo ological Institute, of MesSrs. Raymond and Waring, were drowned do the morning of Ithe 15th inst. in the river Delaware, op posite the powder wharf, about two and a half miles below the city. An attempt was made by the respective keepers to get them on board a feTry boat, but the huge I animals upon plachig one foot on the boat, land finding it to sink, recoiled, and all ef forts to drive or coax' them were made in vain. It was finally resolved upon to make then] 'swim across the river, and ac-' cnrdingly they were driven to a convenient place near the navy yard, and after con siderable delay they got into the water, It appears they' were fastened together by a small chain or rope, and in getting out' into the stream were swept down with the tide, and though an elephant is remar kable as an expert swimmer, yet. one `of, these becoming exhausted, sank beneath . . the. surface of the water, and pulled his companion down with him. They were valued at 30,000. It is supposed that the water was too , cold and th'e "unituttate animals became chilled. Their bodies were towed to the shore, below the point, and, we presume, will be stripped of their bides. DEACON SMITH'S COMr.—The Amherst, Express tells a large story of a large cow belonging to Deacon Quartus Satith, of Sunderland. The cow was ten.years On the 4th of December last, she weighed' 1520 lbs. She came on the 31st of Jean ary, and on the third day thereafter, .she gave, in twenty-four hours, forty,eight pounds and thre`e ounces of milk, *Will which were made three pounds and two , ounces of butter of the first quality.... Elhe• has since given fifty-one pounds of milk'• in twenty-four hours. • : If the story isn't a whapper, the cow 14' DEATH FROM THE BITE OF A CAT.--Miles; :; Daily, of Alexandria, Va., has died from ak, bite in the foot by a• cat. Santa Anna, in addreesing"a tettee , to 'the Governor of Coahuila, says 11 . 8 - had duet times wop the battle-of Butinskyb*.but that Gen. Taylor was sueh eiskutstiorooki Yankee. that did nut kn0w,wite4.,140,. , . w:is
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